Please tell me about Pit Bulls.

[KairaPup]

Originally Posted by lillymae

I have to ask, Where did you get your info ? as this is absolutely not true. I was a vet tech for yrs & we had several people as clients who were breeders of APBT & showed their dogs. These dogs would not hurt a fly, in fact the vet I worked for bred & showed Chi's & his dogs were often in the office. When we boarded the Pitts for our clients the Pitts played with the Dr's Chi's & a couple of those Chi's were pretty obnoxious as far as thinking they were big mean dogs, they would often go after the Pitties actually biting at their legs & feet & never , not once did any of those Pitties ever try to harm or even show any kind of aggression towards the Chi's. So again, I will say this is misinformation.

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It literally will take ten seconds of legitimate research (that means NOT from the pibble people who believe they can do no wrong) to find that they were bred for animal aggression. Because you met a few who were watered down or may not have been APBT at all and were not aggressive to other dogs does NOT make it typical of the breed.

It does the breed a huge disservice to underestimate a genetic predisposition to dog on dog aggression and puts dogs at risk because it is important that proper caution is exercised.

Note I did not say the breed is prone to human aggression- they are not. They were bred to be very loving to their master and very loyal. But not to other animals.

[gemy]

Ya know we continue to have this discussion on YT. About pit Bulls. And there are more than a few breeds that can be people aggressive and dog aggressive.

There is unfortunately a whole host of bad owners and breeders for pitties.

My big boy despises Bulldogs he was attacked by one when young, yet the beagle that attacked him as a young pup he has no problems with the breed. Go figure!

Are
Pitties an issue of misidentified breed or just over reported. There is at least one study that suggests vets get the purebred dogs wrong over40 percent of the time.

[KairaPup]

Originally Posted by gemy

Ya know we continue to have this discussion on YT. About pit Bulls. And there are more than a few breeds that can be people aggressive and dog aggressive.

There is unfortunately a whole host of bad owners and breeders for pitties.

My big boy despises Bulldogs he was attacked by one when young, yet the beagle that attacked him as a young pup he has no problems with the breed. Go figure!

Are
Pitties an issue of misidentified breed or just over reported. There is at least one study that suggests vets get the purebred dogs wrong over40 percent of the time.

The dogs often identified as "pit bulls" are rarely American Pit Bull Terrier. They are a huge variety of breeds and mixes of breeds including American Bully, American Staffordshire, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, and American Bulldog.

But it is a fact that the true (pedigree) APBT is more prone to dog aggression than most breeds.

[Jkpal]

Personally, after incident with Akita, I will not permit Piper to get within grabbing distance of any large dog, period. The speed in which damage can be inflicted by--even the "nice, calm"--large dogs is unbelievable. So, playing with a large dog-any large dog--with good reputation, background, etc., etc. is just not a consideration or option for me...I simply cannot risk Piper's well-being, but that's me.